Board 8 > Contest Stats and Discussion - Part 1267

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okay, yeah, this rotating pictures thing is going to be tragic to brackets.
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I decided to wait around and watch for the pictures to flip

I wonder how many people are going to wait that long
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Oh no, it doesn't tell you what games are in what year when you hover over the picture...
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Yeah I did it too lol
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So what's the consensus for the strongest years on this poll? I'm guessing it's going to be 1985, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2007, 2008, and 2013?

and I think 1985 has a whole new life with this picture format.
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No List of games?? This contest has lost all credibility
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It also doesn't tell you what year you are voting for, unless the first picture happens to be on screen
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yeah I'm not sure Allen really worked out all the kinks before he started this thing
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I think this is the least I've ever trusted a board vote. I trust Sephiroth more than the first five minutes of this thing.
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Man, 2009 has 85% in a match.

Lots of blowouts here we come.
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_SecretSquirrel posted...

It also doesn't tell you what year you are voting for, unless the first picture happens to be on screen

Yeah, that is totally nuts.
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hylianknight3 posted...

_SecretSquirrel posted...

It also doesn't tell you what year you are voting for, unless the first picture happens to be on screen

Yeah, that is totally nuts.

Actually, the year does show up if you hover over the pic for a couple seconds.
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Poor 1979...

1978/2005 is going to be a massacre
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charmander6000 posted...

Oh no, it doesn't tell you what games are in what year when you hover over the picture...

Yeah, that's a really bad move by Allen and should be fixed as soon as possible.
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good grief
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wow, that's terrible. I mean, kinda neat, but the implications for the contest is terrible if the voters don't stop and watch the whole thing scroll by. And if they do, they're going to be left going, "wait, and what was in those years again?"

What had once looked like it was going to be about the game with the best front 4 or so is now looking like it's back to the best anchor. I guess I should have taken 95 after all.

LeonhartFour posted...

hylianknight3 posted...

_SecretSquirrel posted...

It also doesn't tell you what year you are voting for, unless the first picture happens to be on screen

Yeah, that is totally nuts.

Actually, the year does show up if you hover over the pic for a couple seconds.

I must have just moved the mouse when I tried it.

Still, this layout is really bad at conveying key information, which is bad when you consider that anyone voting does not have photographic memory of what games came out in what years.
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The pics do eventually rotate all the way back around to the first one, by the way.
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Never use GameFAQs on your phone
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1979 15.36% 43
2009 84.64% 237
TOTAL VOTES 280

1983 25.44% 72
1989 74.56% 211
TOTAL VOTES 283

Very low vote totals at the freeze. I guess it should get a little bit better once we're out of the Wildcard Round.
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Wish we would have known about this presentation. I'm sure it would have changed many predictions.
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Wish they rotated a little more frequently.
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there is still time to fix it before round one
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Historically low vote totals would not surprise me now, given how confusing the match pictures are.
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CaptainOfCrush posted...

Wish we would have known about this presentation. I'm sure it would have changed many predictions.

glad I stuck to my guns instead of making last minute changes...!
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thank god 2009 drew a super weak year. that minecraft icon could have been catastrophic.

not that 09 is strong, but still
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yikes that layout
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charmander6000 posted...

Never use GameFAQs on your phone

It's not like it looks that much better on my desktop, considering the way the match pics tile on a modern sized monitor, but that was a problem during last contest as well.
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man, I can't believe that this is what we're getting. a visitor doesn't even know what they're voting for.

I can picture so many weird upsets. it's not hard to picture most voters seeing FF8 vs. 007 and voting purely based on that, or Mario 3 vs. Perfect Dark, or who the hell knows
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It'll be interesting to see how much order matters
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Haste_2 posted...

Oh, man. I had no idea 1987 had so little support against 1995. I guess everyone took The Show's advice to heart. I changed to 1987 at the last minute, though. I'm probably screwed now. You could call it my big upset special of the contest. The rest of my bracket is pretty much cookie-cutter.

It's a good upset to have, Zelda is riding high, and 1995 is resting solely on CT, which let's be honest, wasn't impactful to the history of videogames.
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The animated pics would work better if it was one match at a time instead of two...but seeing four flashing pictures at a time is too much to focus on. I feel myself disciplining my brain on how to focus and take time on what each year's trying to convey.

BUT HOW CAN I FOCUS WHEN MEGA MAN 2 IS SNUBBED
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yeah I guess we'll be able to gauge that after these awful wildcard matches. 85 vs. 87 is the first true test.
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It's weird to see 2009 win the board vote, I guess bracket votes trump all.
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hey Leon what does 1973 score on 2009
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Luster are you keeping poll updates?
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I wish it didn't always displays the games in a certain order .. if that happened the whole contest (which it won't, of course) Ulti might win this thing. 1990 and 1985 both seem to have a better shot now.
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I am indeed tracking poll updates.

Guess we'll have to wait for creativename to update his site to track these matches.
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I didn't realize there would be 2 simultaneous matches. Whoops!
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Haste_2 posted...

I wish it didn't always displays the games in a certain order .. if that happened the whole contest (which it won't, of course) Ulti might win this thing. 1990 and 1985 both seem to have a better shot now.

Maybe, maybe not, we could have Chrono Trigger as the fourth game.
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transience posted...

hey Leon what does 1973 score on 2009

2009 gets approximately 99.99%

(seriously)
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Haste_2 posted...

I wish it didn't always displays the games in a certain order .. if that happened the whole contest (which it won't, of course) Ulti might win this thing. 1990 and 1985 both seem to have a better shot now.

ahem he's not the only one banking on the strongest game meaning more than depth I'll have you know
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I thought so

let's track this throughout the contest
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This picture format really sucks

Then again, I feel like most formats for this would probably be not that good.....in theory I don't dislike a year contest but when taking into account match pics I don't think it's a very well conceived format.
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I've got Chrono Trigger... I mean I have 1995 in the finals. However, I assume the picture format will change in later rounds so that it isn't as biased in favour of 1995.
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I wonder if we will see any kind of voting trends with this contest. Will the newer years perform better in the mornings and "after school"?
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what about the description that some of you wrote. All for nothing?
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foxhead84 posted...

what about the description that some of you wrote. All for nothing?

Yep. Allen decided to scrap the whole thing instead of putting it on some separate page for everyone to see.
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